London Branch Seminar

  • 19th October 2022
  • Room W3.05, London
  • Seminar

Alessia Marabini and Luca Moretti (University of Aberdeen)

Competencies, Bildung and Education 

5.30-7.15 pm

This paper compares and contrasts two general approaches to education: competence based education, which is very popular and dominant nowadays, and Bildung based education, which relies on the German notion of Bildung (or formation). The first approach is atomistic, assessment-oriented and fits perfectly within a view of education that marries neoliberal logics. The second approach is instead holistic, teaching-oriented and in line with a neo-humanist vision of education. By analysing their respective advantages and disadvantages, we suggest merging these two approaches into one. Our presentation is based on a work in progress monograph.

Alessia Marabini (PhD, Bologna) is a high school professor in Italy and a member of Centre for Knowledge and Society at the University of Aberdeen. Her research areas are epistemology and philosophy of education. She has published articles in the Journal of Philosophy of Education and three monographs, the last of which, “Critical Thinking and Epistemic Injustice: An Essay in Epistemology of Education”, with Springer in 2022. Luca Moretti (PhD, KCL) is a Reader in Philosophy at the University of Aberdeen. His research areas are epistemology, philosophy of education and political philosophy. He has published articles in various journals, among which Analysis, Philosophy and Phenomenological Research, and the Journal of Philosophy of Education. He has two monographs the last of which, “Appearance and Explanation” (co-authored by Kevin McCain), was published with OUP in 2021.  

For further inquiries: Yuxin Su, Programme Administrator (yuxin.su.16@ucl.ac.uk).

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